Canada’s Role in Improving Maternal and Child Health through the Eradication of Malaria
On November 3rd in Ottawa, The Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM), a global partnership with the objective of eradicating deaths caused by malaria hosted an event in collaboration with The All-Party Parliamentary Caucus on Ending Malaria, The HIV/AIDS and TB Parliamentary Caucus and UNICEF to discuss Canada’s role in achieving the UN Health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which include HIV/AIDS, malaria and Tuberculosis. This event included a discussion on “the way forward to reach the Health MDGs” by a distinguished panel of experts on global health and a screening of a documentary titled “The Motherland Tour: A Journey of African Women” featuring Yvonne Chaka Chaka.